| Final | | time | | | 1. Gilbert Bozon |  France | 1:05.1 | - | | 2. László Magyar |  Hungary | 1:05.3 | - | | 3. John Brockway |  Great Britain | 1:05.9 | - | | 4. Viktor Solovyov |  Soviet Union | 1:07.2 | - | | 5. Ladislav Bačík |  Czechoslovakia | 1:07.5 | - | | 6. Boris ŀkanata |  Yugoslavia | 1:07.8 | - | | 7. Janusz Jaśkiewicz |  Poland | 1:08.2 | - | | 8. Robert Wardrop | Great Britain | 1:08.4 | - |
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| Heat 3 | | time | L | | | 1. Gilbert Bozon | France | 1:06.4 | 4 | 1. | | 2. Robert Wardrop | Great Britain | 1:08.0 | 5 | 6. | | 3. Hans-Joachim Dreßler |  East Germany | 1:09.4 | 6 | 11. | | 4. Mátyás Kliment | Hungary | 1:09.9 | 4 | 13. | | 5. Curt Furberg |  Sweden | 1:11.0 | 7 | 15. | | 6. Georgy Kuvaldin | Soviet Union | 1:11.5 | 2 | 16. | | 7. Claudio Lombardi |  Italy | 1:12.0 | 1 | 18. |
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| Heat 2 | | time | L | | | 1. John Brockway | Great Britain | 1:06.7 | 4 | 3. | | 2. Janusz Jaśkiewicz | Poland | 1:08.9 | 5 | 8. | | 3. Gerrit Korteweg |  Netherlands | 1:09.1 | 6 | 9. | | 4. Egidio Massaria | Italy | 1:09.3 | 3 | 10. | | 5. Gérard Coignot | France | 1:09.5 | 1 | 12. | | -. Bernd Strasser |  West Germany | DNS | 2 | |
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| Heat 1 | | time | L | | | 1. László Magyar | Hungary | 1:06.5 | 7 | 2. | | 2. Viktor Solovyov | Soviet Union | 1:07.8 | 2 | 4. | | 3. Ladislav Bačík | Czechoslovakia | 1:07.9 | 3 | 5. | | 4. Boris ŀkanata | Yugoslavia | 1:08.4 | 4 | 7. | | 5. Peter Swijghuisen | Netherlands | 1:10.6 | 5 | 14. | | 6. Friedrich Stingl |  Austria | 1:11.9 | 8 | 17. | | -. Marcello Goerres |  Luxembourg | DNS | 1 | | | -. Göran Larsson | Sweden | DNS | 6 | |
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| Overall | | Heats | Final | | 1. Gilbert Bozon | France | 1:06.4 1 h3 | 1:05.1 1 F | | 2. László Magyar | Hungary | 1:06.5 1 h1 | 1:05.3 2 F | | 3. John Brockway | Great Britain | 1:06.7 1 h2 | 1:05.9 3 F | | 4. Viktor Solovyov | Soviet Union | 1:07.8 2 h1 | 1:07.2 4 F | | 5. Ladislav Bačík | Czechoslovakia | 1:07.9 3 h1 | 1:07.5 5 F | | 6. Boris ŀkanata | Yugoslavia | 1:08.4 4 h1 | 1:07.8 6 F | | 7. Janusz Jaśkiewicz | Poland | 1:08.9 2 h2 | 1:08.2 7 F | | 8. Bert Wardrop | Great Britain | 1:08.0 2 h3 | 1:08.4 8 F | | 9. Gerrit Korteweg | Netherlands | 1:09.1 3 h2 | - | | 10.Egidio Massaria | Italy | 1:09.3 4 h2 | - | | 11.Hans-Joachim Dreßler | East Germany | 1:09.4 3 h3 | - | | 12.Gérard Coignot | France | 1:09.5 5 h2 | - | | 13.Mátyás Kliment | Hungary | 1:09.9 4 h3 | - | | 14.Peter Swijghuisen | Netherlands | 1:10.6 5 h1 | - | | 15.Curt Furberg | Sweden | 1:11.0 5 h3 | - | | 16.Georgy Kuvaldin | Soviet Union | 1:11.5 6 h3 | - | | 17.Stingl | Austria | 1:11.9 6 h1 | - | | 18.Claudio Lombardi | Italy | 1:12.0 7 h3 | - | | -. Marcello Goerres | Luxembourg | - DNS h1 | - | | -. Göran Larsson | Sweden | - DNS h1 | - | | -. Bernd Strasser | West Germany | - DNS h2 | - |
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